Glory To Slytherin

#160-Chapter 160

Ulysses set himself a phantom curse and a silencer curse, opened the trap door, and came to the back of the honey duke’s counter.

It was night, and the shop was empty, only dimly lit.

Ulysses walked out quietly, and rows of shelves along the road were filled with delicious and tempting candies, large chunks of creamy nougat, shiny pink coconut sorbet, and honey-colored toffee. Hundreds of neatly arranged chocolates, a large bucket of Bibi Duo beans, and a large bucket of bee candy.

Leaning against the other wall are all “special effect” candies: Chubao Super Bubble Gum (which can make the room full of bluebell-colored bubbles, which will not break for several days), and the strange and fragile fur Tooth mints, small black pepper urchins (“Spit fire to your friends!”), ice mice (“hear your teeth squeaking!”), toad-shaped mint ice cream (“Really do It beats in the stomach!”), crisp feather candy woven from sugar silk, and explosive soft candy.

(I think these candies are really interesting, so I wrote them all down (ಡωಡ))

Ulysses admired the candies for a while, and walked out of the Honey Duke Candy Store before the owner closed the door.

A notice was posted behind the candy store, posted by the Ministry of Magic, to the effect that before Sirius Black was captured, dementors patrolled the streets every day at sunset.

The fact is the same, the streets are deserted, the shops are closing one after another, and twos and threes of dementors are patrolling in the distance.

Ulysses walked alone in the dark village of Hogsmeade, passing by two dementors after a short while, but they all ignored the existence of Ulysses without exception.

Ulysses didn’t care about these monsters. He walked straight along the road, and around the corner, a room appeared. A pig’s head hung on the doorway with the words “Pig’s Head Bar” on it.

Ulysses took out a mask and put it on, released the illusion spell, pushed the door directly, and entered the bar with the evening breeze. Several windows here are covered with thick stains, and light can hardly penetrate, and a few candles are lit on the rough wooden table. Who could have imagined that this small and dirty bar was actually the dwelling place of the Little Brother of Dumbledore, the greatest white wizard of our time.

“What to drink?” An elderly man sat behind the bar with his eyes closed and rested. He didn’t seem to care much about business, there were few customers in the shop, and he didn’t open his eyes when Ulysses came.

Ulysses glanced at the dirty cups on the bar, thanking them for not being sensitive. Without circumstance, he said straightforwardly: “I need to inquire about some news, please help me find someone who has the best information.”

Perhaps because the voice was slightly immature, Aberforth Dumbledore opened his eyes. There was no turbidity in the clear blue eyes.

Aberforth glanced at Norin and frowned, “Student? This is not where you should be now.”

Ulysses’ face was hidden behind the mask, and Aberforth couldn’t see his expression. He spoke plainly: “Does business still need to look at the identity of the customer?”

“Interesting.” Aberforth said lazily. “Two Gallons.”

As a black market leader, he doesn’t bother to care about Ulysses’ identity and purpose.

Ulysses did not hesitate and took out two Gallons and put them on the bar. Aberforth picked it up and looked at it carefully, and said, “It seems that the asking price is still a bit less. Sit down and wait a while.”

Ulysses took a chair and sat down, with his long cloak hanging on the ground. Aberforth ignored him, closed his eyes again, motionless.

Before long, the door of the bar was pushed open again. A sharp male voice yelled slightly, “Aberforth, why is there still business now?”

Aberforth ignored him. The visitor looked around and sat down in front of Nolin, with a strong smell of tobacco and alcohol on his face.

“It’s really rare to have business so late in these ghost days. Those dementors are not easy to fool. Mondungus Fletcher.” The man introduced himself and put his hands on the table, “Go ahead, you Want to know something. If the news is expensive, you have to add money.”

Ulysses didn’t speak immediately, and looked at the man in front of him. This is a short, unshaven Fatty wizard with long, tousled ginger hair, swollen and bloodshot eyes, and a foul-smelling smoke in his mouth.

Ulysses certainly knew that Mondungus was the most informed person. The head of the Phoenix agency was not in vain. He was born as a thief and had an excellent intelligence system in the underground world of the British magical world. But he didn’t know how to contact Mondungus, so he could only let Aberforth do it for him.

After spending almost a month in Hogwarts Castle, Ulysses was somewhat blocked from outside news. No way, since the Dementor became the guard of the school, Owl’s letters have been interrogated, so Hill Burst would not be able to contact Ulysses by letter anymore.

“I need to know the situation of those pure-blood families recently, and whether any major events have happened…”

“event?”

Mondungus touched his chin and recalled, “Those guys are like stagnant water, they are impervious to the affairs of their own family. It is not a simple matter to explore their affairs.”

He took a big sip of wine and groaned, the meaning was obvious: he had to add money.

Ulysses took out five more gold coins from his pocket. He immediately used the speed of his years of work and quickly grabbed the five gold coins into his arms, and then said slowly:

“Speaking of major events, I know only two or three recently. One is that the Shafik family was almost annihilated… This incident has been circulated in the magic world, and you must know it. The remaining ones are scattered outside. The Shafik people are looking for a murderer like they are going crazy…”

“The other is that the ancient alliance of the Sacred family is looking for a new family to fill the vacancy of the Shafik family. At present, the most promising is the new Bosd family. Their head is a very courageous person. However, there is a small half. The pure-blood family objected to this.”

“The position of the Malfoy family has been consolidated a lot. Recently, Lucius Malfoy has been very high profile in some activities.”

“And one more thing.”

Mondungus suddenly lowered his voice, looked around in a panic, and whispered, “Someone has released the news that the mysterious person’s trace has reappeared in the UK…”

Ulysses froze for a moment, but Mondungus quickly said:

“I don’t know who that person is, and I don’t know whether the news is true. The money you paid can only tell me so much…”

After that, he ran out of the pig’s head bar without saying hello to Aberforth.

Before Ulysses said “I can add more money”, Mondungus was gone.

He was speechless for a while, nodded to Aberforth, and left the pig’s head bar.

After putting on the Illusion Charm again, Ulysses walked back to Hogwarts.

When he reached the entrance of the village, Ulysses looked around habitually, but saw a big black dog running around in a dark corner.